Medieval England:
A mechanical Wyvern was gliding through the sky above the hills and the lakes following Grimlock and Strafe. They arrive at a nearby hill where King Arthur along with Slug, Scorn and Steelbane were waiting for them.
Grimlock and Strafe transform into their robot modes and walk towards Steelbane. "Did you bring him?" Steelbane asked.
"He's coming!" Grimlock said.
"He always takes forever to arrive!" King Arthur said.
"He's young and curious. He likes exploring this planet and flying above the mountains!" Scorn explained.
"Yeah well now isn't a good time!" Steelbane replied to Scorn. The mechanical Wyvern that was following Grimlock and Strafe lands on the ground right by the Knights and transforms revealing himself to be a young Optimus.
"Steelbane, you sent for me?" Optimus asked walking towards Steelbane, King Arthur and the Dinobots.
"Things have changed Optimus. The recent Infernocon attacks have gotten out of control!" Steelbane said.
"They won't stop coming to Earth until they capture all of us!" Steelbane continued explaining.
"That is why we are going into hiding!"
"What?" Optimus said confused by what Steelbane meant.
"Each of us will be separated from each other!"
"Steelbane….We don't have to do this. Merlin has that powerful staff! He can use it to…."
"Merlin is dead!" King Arthur said, Optimus turned his head towards King Arthur shocked by what he was hearing.
"The Infernocons murdered him trying to steal the staff!" King Arthur explained.
"No!" Optimus replied mourning the deceased Merlin who was the first human he ever met and one of his closest friends.
"We buried him in our underwater structure with the staff in his hands. Skullitron, Silverblade and the rest of the Guardian Knights are currently in stasis defending his tomb!" Scorn explained.
"Are Dragonicus and Stormreign with them?" Optimus said and was deeply saddened by the news his comrades were telling him.
"Dragonicus and Stormreign chose to hide in a nearby cave. As we're speaking they're most likely in stasis already!" Steelbane explained to Optimus where the two brothers were at.
"We're getting off track Optimus, I didn't summon you here to upset you!" Steelbane said.
"Then why am I here?" Optimus asked.
"You and the Dinobots are leaving this planet. They will transport you back to Cybertron!" Steelbane explained.
"What? No! I don't want to go back their!" Optimus said refusing to go back to his home planet.
"We need you to! All of the Guardian Knights abandoned Cybertron, our home planet will be the last place they will try searching for you!" Steelbane explained.
"Where will the Dinobots go?" Optimus asked.
"We will be traveling the solar system inside the Knight ship!" Grimlock explained.
"I will miss you! All of you!" Optimus said.
"We will miss you as well!" Steelbane said as he and Optimus said their goodbyes. Suddenly a faint voice was heard. It said, "Somebody wake him up!" The voice said repeatedly. Steelbane, the Dinobots and King Arthur also disappeared including the majestic mountains of England, everything was pitch black until Optimus felt a very powerful punch, Optimus regained his vision and delivered a loud gasp.
"He's awake!" The Mercenary said to Lockdown as he walked away from his cell leaving Optimus Prime breathing heavily.
"We are here Optimus! Ready to meet your maker?" Lockdown said taunting Optimus.
"It was all….a dream!" Optimus said still breathing heavily.
"The original Guardian Knights have vanished, but you and I can start over as the first of the new legion of knights. After all…This red mark on my face is the mark of the knights!" Lockdown said walking away from Optimus leaving him behind inside his cell. Lockdown landed the knight ship on a landing platform which was holding Unicron together. As of right now Unicron is an incomplete planet. It was nothing more than a few chunks of metallic land connected by cables. The only way Unicron stayed alive was from absorbing stars in the solar system. As the knight ship landed on Unicron, A few Infernocons headed towards the ship to meet with Lockdown.
"You are late!" One of the Infernocons mentioned.
"I did a better job locating a Knight then you did during the medieval ages!" Lockdown said.
"So don't complain about my time you imbecile!" Lockdown said as he pushed Optimus towards the Infernocon. The Infernocon snarled at Lockdown before taking Optimus to his creator.
"Lockdown successfully brought a knight as you requested my creator!" The Infernocon said as he pushed Optimus to the ground and walked away.
"Creator?" Optimus Prime said questioning what the Infernocon meant as he tried getting up but was struggling due to being physically beaten by Lockdown, his mercenaries and the Infernocon.
"Optimus Prime!" Optimus heard a female voice calling his name.
"Who's there?" Optimus asked.
"Finally a true Knight, I've been waiting Eons for you to arrive!" The female voice said.
"Who are you? And how do you know my name?" Optimus asked getting very angry and annoyed.
"I'm Quintessa! Your Creator!" The female voice revealed herself to be Quintessa.
"My Creator?" Optimus said getting more frustrated.
"Come forth Optimus Prime, You wish to see your maker face to face don't you?" Quintessa tried to convince Optimus to come towards her. Optimus began walking towards her. "You lie! You are not my Creator. (Optimus using his left hand reached for his sword.) THE ALLSPARK CREATED ME AND MY KIND!" Optimus in a fit of rage swung his sword towards Quintessa. She deflected it causing Optimus to drop his blade, Quintessa then telepathically summons four cords to impale Optimus on the wrists and shoulders pinning the Autobot leader.
"THE ALLSPARK IS A LIE! IT WAS A PATHETIC MYTH THAT YOU STARTED A WAR FOR!" Quintessa angrily yelled at Optimus.
"MEGATRON STARTED THE WAR!" Optimus yelled back explaining who caused the war, an Infernocon combiner walked behind him and grabbed his head twisting straight in order for Optimus to make direct eye contact with Quintessa.
"BUT YOU CONTINUED THE WAR YOU FOOL!" Quintessa yelled and with her hand hit Optimus on the left side of his face. The blue color from the left side of helmet burned away and was replaced with a red and grey color similar to Lockdown's mark.
"BUT….I can help you redeem yourself. You help me with my plans and I'll help you repair Cybertron!" Quintessa said floating in front of Optimus Prime's face, stroking the right side of it trying to comfort the Autobot leader, Lockdown watched the entire argument and was amused by it.
"So the rumors are true. I am a Knight!" Optimus said as he saw statues of the Guardian knights around him, one of the statues resembled him.
"Indeed and you are special compared to the rest, why do you think your brothers sent you back to Cybertron?" Quintessa said.
"You were young and young ones are easily manipulated. The knights believed that if I found you, I would lead you to path of darkness!" Quintessa explained.
"The Guardian Knights misunderstood me!" Quintessa said floating around Optimus and Lockdown.
"From the memories I've recently had, it appears the knights put a lot of effort in hiding themselves and the staff from you on Earth! That is somewhat….suspicious!" Optimus said to Quintessa.
"They knew why I require the staff and what I have to do to make Unicron complete, but they were afraid to help me, they valued the lives of those savage humans!" Quintessa said still trying to convince Optimus to help her.
"If you're planning to exterminate the human race then I will not help you!" Optimus replied back to Quintessa.
"Prime, I wouldn't recommend angering Quintessa. She is much more powerful then you!" Lockdown tried to explain to Optimus that she should not be angered.
"I don't need you to defend me Lockdown!" Quintessa said floating in front of Lockdown and hovered straight towards Optimus.
"Think of the bigger picture Optimus. If you help me keep Unicron and its native lifeforms "The Infernocons" alive. I will undo the damage you and Megatron caused to Cybertron!" Quintessa said to Optimus.
"You do seek redemption Optimus Prime…Do you?" Quintessa asked.
"My maker….I do!" Optimus replied back with a nervous tone in his voice causing Quintessa to smile in relief as Prime's right eye began to twitch.
TO BE CONTINUED….
Author's Note: Before I get any complaints about the incomplete planet being Unicron instead of Cybertron, let me remind you that this is my take on the Transformers films and therefore Unicron is not the Earth and is instead an incomplete and dying planet with the Infernocons being the native lifeforms. Also in case some of you will be asking who Silverblade is, he is another OC of mine much like Nova-Zeus from Chapter 8. Thank you for reading this chapter and this note of mine and I promise you Chapter 16 will be longer and have action sequences unlike this one.